Christopher Marlowe (/ ˈmɑːrloʊ / MAR-loh; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era.

Dec 10, 2025 · Christopher Marlowe was an Elizabethan poet and William Shakespeare ’s most important predecessor in English drama. He is noted especially for his establishment of …

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May 26, 2025 · Christopher Marlowe (1564 to 1593), or Kit Marlowe, was a poet and playwright of the English Renaissance who wrote during the Elizabethan Era (1558 to 1603).

Marlowe’s Life Marlowe was born in Canterbury in 1564 of a family that originated in Ospringe, today part of Faversham. His father, John, was a cobbler.

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Aug 8, 2025 · It was Marlowe’s most famous play and the first dramatization of the Faust legend, in which a scholar makes a deal with the devil, trading his soul for magical powers.

Christopher Marlowe was a renowned Elizabethan playwright and poet known for his significant contributions to English literature.

Marlowe wrote several of his best-known plays in the early 1590s. The Jew of Malta, first performed in 1592, fell into a dramatic style known as the revenge play, in which a character …

Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of theElizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.